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Business Administration Group - 3813
Supervisor: Yolanda Castillo, 818.354.4081, Yolanda.Castillo@jpl.nasa.gov
Secretary: Debra Sgrignoli, 818.393.3646, Debra.D.Camp@jpl.nasa.gov
The Business Administration Group oversees all aspects of business operations within the Section with emphasis on financial management, human resources and administrative support.
High Contrast Imaging Group - 383A
Supervisor: Stuart Shaklan, 818.354.0105, Stuart.B.Shaklan@jpl.nasa.gov
Optical systems engineering, design, and analysis, of large optical systems, interferometers, and associated testbeds. End-to-end development of coronagraph, nulling, and high-performance metrology systems and experimental verification of their performance.
Optical Interferometry Group - 383B
Supervisor: M Mark Colavita, 818.354.7835, M.M.Colavita@jpl.nasa.gov
Develops system technologies, architectures, and observational approaches for interferometers. Implementation of interferometer and high-resolution optical subsystems for testbeds and ground-based applications.
Optical Metrology Group - 383C
Supervisor: David Cohen, 818.354.2794, David.Cohen@jpl.nasa.gov
Primarily research, development and validation of precision metrology and optics technologies for interferometer systems.
Optical Analysis & Simulation Group - 383D
Supervisor: Robert Korechoff, 818.354.0083, Robert.P.Korechoff@jpl.nasa.gov
Optical systems design and engineering; data analysis of high precision interferometers; software development of physics-based, high precision models for interferometers and optical systems in general; analysis and optimization of optical systems with regard to diffraction.
Active Optics Group - 383E
Supervisor: Scott Basinger, 818.354.3065, Scott.A.Basinger@jpl.nasa.gov
Develops wavefront sensing, wavefront control, system modeling and other technologies for space and ground-based telescopes. Implements wavefront control system testbeds for technology validation. Develops active optical system architectures and performs systems engineering for space telescopes.
Adaptive Optics & Astronomical Instrumentations Group - 383F
Supervisor: Mitchell Troy, 818.354.4730, Mitchell.Troy@jpl.nasa.gov
Optical Design & Engineering Group - 383G
Supervisor: Muthu Jeganathan, 818.393.7986, Muthu.Jeganathan@jpl.nasa.gov
Optical engineering for ground testbeds and space-borne optical systems, including optical and optomechanical design, analysis, assembly, alignment, testing, and integration.
Metrology Applications Group - 383H
Supervisor: Andreas Kuhnert, 818.354.5024, Andreas.C.Kuhnert@jpl.nasa.gov
Develops high precision interferometric metrology systems (technology, space and ground-based hardware) and implements complete systems for various applications (including software, electronics, optics, lasers).
Photonics & Laser Applications - 383I
Supervisor: Leonard Dorsky, 818.354.4455, Leonard.I.Dorsky@jpl.nasa.gov
Designs, develops and operates high precision lasers, integrated optics, optical filters, laser welding, fiber optics and laser systems.
Optical Technology - 383J
Supervisor: Pantazis Mouroulis, 818.393.2599, Pantazis.Mouroulis@jpl.nasa.gov
This group designs and develops optical systems for planetary probes and instruments, earth observing remote sensing systems, and in situ sensing systems (telescopes, cameras, and spectrometers).
Active Optical Sensing - 383K
Supervisor: Gary Spiers, 818.354.7831, Gary.D.Spiers@jpl.nasa.gov
The Active Optical Sensing Group develops novel laser based sensors and instruments from concept through to inclusion in space flight systems. Instrument development within the group includes sensors for science applications such as the Laser Absorption Spectrometer for Carbon Dioxide sink and source detection and the Laser Reflectance Spectrometer for solar system body spectroscopy as well as concept development activities such as an instrument for screening for extra-terrestrial bio-chemistry. Engineering sensors include lidar altimeters, imagers and velocimeters for entry, descent and landing on solar system bodies as well as active optical metrology systems for large space based structures. The group has been in existence at JPL since the 1970s and was formerly known as the Laser Remote Sensing Group.